President Biden 2024

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'Dark Brandon' Boosts Campaign Merch Sales

Items with meme account for more than half of campaign store's revenue

(Newser) - The Biden/Harris 2024 campaign has been struggling to bring in donations from small donors—but one bright spot is Dark Brandon. The president's re-election campaign tells Axios that merchandise featuring the meme, which depicts the 80-year-old president as an ominous, all-powerful figure with glowing eyes, accounts for more than...

Major Poll on 2024 Race: Biden 43, Trump 43

'New York Times' poll with Sienna College sees a dead heat at the moment

(Newser) - The New York Times is out with its first poll about the 2024 race, and the phrase "dead heat" is in play. As in, the poll has President Biden and former President Trump tied at 43% in a hypothetical rematch. Yes, both men have to win their party primaries...

Biden: Future Is 'Bidenomics,' Not Trickle-Down

White House has embraced term used by president's critics

(Newser) - The term "Bidenomics" has a history of being used to criticize President Biden's policies, but the White House has decided to embrace it. The president used the term in a speech in Chicago on Wednesday, contrasting it with trickle-down economics, which he said "didn't represent the...

Biden Kicks Off Campaign With Economic Populism

Wealthy need to pay their share in taxes, president tells Philadelphia rally

(Newser) - President Biden delivered an unapologetically economic populist message Saturday during the first rally of his reelection campaign, telling an exuberant crowd of union members that his policies had created jobs and lifted the middle class. Now, he said, is the time for the wealthy to "pay their fair share"...

2 Polling Trends Bode Well for Trump

He's leaving the GOP field behind him, and he fares well in hypothetical rematch with Biden

(Newser) - Election Day is still 546 days away, meaning you can take the current polls with an extra-large grain of salt. Still, political stories are taking note of two clear trends of late, both of them positive for former President Trump. First, he's cementing his lead over Ron DeSantis and...

Out of South Carolina, an 'Early Warning Sign' for Biden

President doesn't seem to have same level of enthusiasm within Black community as in 2020

(Newser) - LaJoia Broughton, a 41-year-old small-business owner, considers herself a fan of President Biden. He's provided opportunities for Black-owned business while bringing integrity to the White House, she said, and her decision for 2024 isn't in doubt. Destiny Humphreys is less enthusiastic. The 22-year-old senior at South Carolina State...

Biden Lags Trump in Poll, Alarming Party Strategist

President's approval rating hits new low

(Newser) - A new poll gives President Biden and Democrats cause for concern just as his reelection campaign officially gets going. Biden's job approval rating has fallen to 36% after standing at 42% in February, the Washington Post-ABC News poll found; his previous low was 37% early last year. The president'...

Biden Was Once on Other Side of He's-Too-Old Debate

Biden, 29 at the time, made an issue of his 63-year-old opponent's age in Delaware

(Newser) - On Tuesday, President Joe Biden, age 80, made it official : He's running for a second term. If the 46th president wins reelection, he would be 86 by the end of that term, and as CNBC notes, he's already facing questions regarding his fitness for duty, most of them...

Big Biden Move Signals an Imminent Launch

Reports say he may announce Tuesday, has picked Julie Chavez Rodriguez as campaign manager

(Newser) - For a while now, the political consensus has been that President Biden would not announce his 2024 run until the summer. But CBS News reports that a flurry of activity now points to a launch as early as Tuesday. The big development is that Biden has settled on senior adviser...

Production Begins on Biden Video Announcement

Release could come on Tuesday, anniversary of 2020 campaign launch

(Newser) - President Biden is so close to declaring his bid for reelection that production has begun on an announcement video. Aides are working toward an announcement on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports, which is the four-year anniversary of the date he launched his 2020 presidential campaign. Biden has not approved the...

First Lady Offers New Hint on 2024 Bid From Joe Biden

'He says he's not done,' says Jill Biden says of president

(Newser) - First lady Jill Biden gave one of the clearest indications yet that President Biden will run for a second term, telling the AP in an exclusive interview on Friday that there's "pretty much" nothing left to do but figure out the time and place for the announcement. Although...

Poll Finds Most Democrats Don't Want Biden to Run Again

The number is 37%, down from 52%

(Newser) - A majority of Democrats now think one term is plenty for President Biden, despite his insistence that he plans to seek reelection in 2024, the AP reports. That's according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that shows just 37% of Democrats say they...

Poll: Biden-Trump Rematch Would Leave Voters Cold

Many say they'll be angry unless the next president is someone else

(Newser) - The prospect of Joe Biden and Donald Trump being their party's presidential nominee again in 2024 would not only leave voters unhappy, a new poll finds, a victory by either would make many of them angry. The lack of enthusiasm also applies to Republicans about Trump and Democrats about...

Biden Praises 'Strong Night' for Dems, Discusses 2024 Plans

He says he'll announce decision on seeking a second term early next year

(Newser) - "While the press and the pundits were predicting a giant red wave, it didn’t happen," Biden said Wednesday at the White House in his first public remarks since voting in the midterm elections ended. He said Democrats had a "strong night." He acknowledged that many...

Biden Says &#39;the Pandemic Is Over&#39;
Biden Says
'Pandemic
Is Over'
'60 minutes' interview
Sep 19, 2022 12:44 AM CDT

Biden Says 'Pandemic Is Over'

And more from president's '60 Minutes' interview

(Newser) - President Biden appeared on 60 Minutes Sunday night in what the AP refers to as a "rare" interview, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and the raid on former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, among other things. His declaration on the state of the pandemic in the US was fairly bold:...

Poll: 75% of Democrats Want Biden Out in 2024

They say they want a different presidential nominee

(Newser) - Another new poll has unfortunate news for President Biden when it comes to a 2024 re-election run: Most Democrats aren't into it. In the CNN poll, 75% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters said they want a 2024 presidential nominee who's not Biden. That echoes a New York Times...

Biden&#39;s Age Reemerges as an Issue
Biden's Age
Reemerges
as an Issue
THE RUNDOWN
Jun 14, 2022 10:00 AM CDT

Biden's Age Reemerges as an Issue

White House balks amid concerns about 'geriatric leadership'

(Newser) - The White House is brushing off concerns that the 79-year-old president's age could affect his reelection bid as "fallacious" and not worth listening to. Asked Monday whether President Biden could handle another presidential campaign, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told CNN , "That is not a question that we...

Bernie Sanders Says He'll Back a Former Rival

Senator says he won't issue a primary challenge to POTUS

(Newser) - Increasingly, there have been reports of Democrats being concerned about President Biden running for re-election in 2024. But one person Biden won't have to worry about is Bernie Sanders. The senator from Vermont told CNN that while it's "a little too early" to be talking about such...

Sanders Allies Push Ro Khanna to Be Ready

California lawmaker says he's more interested in the 2028 presidential race

(Newser) - President Biden has said he expects to run for reelection, but much of the nation doesn't think he will. Certain Democratic governors and members of Congress aren't so sure, either, so they're starting to talk, out of earshot, about the 2024 presidential primaries, Politico reports. One possible...

Poll Finds Major Doubts About a Biden 2024 Run

52% think he won't seek second term

(Newser) - President Biden, who became the oldest president in US history on the day he took office, turns 80 later this year. And while he has said he plans to run in 2024, a lot of people have their doubts. According to the latest Wall Street Journal poll, 52% of Americans...

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